DR JIM JUNG-CHING LIN
DEPT: Biological Sciences
ORGANIZATION: University of Iowa
ADDRESS: University of Iowa, Dept of Biological sciences, 138 Biology Bldg, Iowa City, Iowa 52242-1324
TELEPHONE No: (319)-335-1075
FAX No: (319)-335-1069
E-MAIL ADDRESS: Jim@Biovax.Biology.Uiowa.Edu
TITLE Professor
TOTAL GRANTS: 3
TOTAL PUBLICATIONS: 71
MEMBERSHIPS ON EDITORIAL BOARDS: FRONTIERS IN BIOSCIENCE
SUBJECT(S) OF RESEARCH: Cardiac morphogenesis, Control of cardiac muscle gene expression, Structure and function of the cytoskeletal proteins, Autoimmune mechanism of Ulcerative Colitis
DISCIPLINE(S): Developmental molecular Biology
ORGAN SYSTEMS: Developing hearts, Gastrointestinal tract
TISSUES: Muscle, Colonic mucosa, Colonic epithelium, Heart septum and valves
CELL(S): Muscle cells, epithelial cells, normal and transformed cell lines
MOLECULE(S): Cardiac-specific transacting factors, Tropomyosin, Caldesmon, Troponin
TECHNIQUE(S): In situ hybridization, cDNA and genomic cloning, promoter analysis, differential mRNA display, prokaryotic and eukaryotic expression systems